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The Red Violin (1998) - Full Reaction (Patreon)

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2021-06-26 21:04:17
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Hey everyone! Here is my reaction to a top tier patron pick-The Red Violin. I really enjoyed this story and how it all came together.  I desperately wanted it to be a true story. The patron who picked this sent me a clip recently of Samuel L. Jackson said this was one of his favorite movies of his, even though he didn't even have the biggest part. Who saw this one? I had never heard of it (which isn't surprising at this point) but have recommended it to everyone I have talked to recently!

In the next week we have Top Gun, Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom reactions coming to Patreon as well as two more top tier patron picks that I adored. Just need my editing to catch up to my watching :/

I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend, as always, thanks a million for being here!

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Clay F

CHRONOLOGY Cremona, 1681 Vienna, 1793 Oxford, late 1890s Shanghai, late 1960s Montréal, 1997

BRT

When i think of my favorite films, this one never really comes to mind until i see it again and remember that it i s indeed one of my favorite films.

Jamie van Brewen

Oh! I really liked this one when it first came out! I was studying violin at that time in the late 90s and, although I didn't end up doing it, I considered going to a violin making school in Salt Lake City, so this had a particular attraction for me!

Anonymous

I just going to watch.

Anonymous

I’m not going to talk about my personal violin playing but I will say this is one of the few moments that this was awesome

Mingo Wayama

I had not heard of this movie when a relative gave me the DVD years ago. I really liked it. My wife grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution, and she was quite interested in that part of the movie

Jamie van Brewen

Is it a true story? No, but it should be. I love this movie so much, ever since it came out. I'm a history buff and I've studied violin (I'm not anything like a good player) and I wish I could have been there while you were watching this because there is SO much that I could see you were not familiar with and that I wanted to explain. (Okay, so it's probably just as well that I wasn't there! lol!) But for someone who admits that you’re not a music person you did an great job of piecing things together! As far accuracy with regard to violins, it has a few problems that are only problems if you’re a violin aficionado like myself and just want to nitpick about things like varnish and labels. (I still kind of want to nitpick about that!) The violin maker Nicolò Bussotti is purely fictional, but there were a number of prominent violin makers that served as models for him. The best known is Antonio Stradivari, the maker of the famous "Stradivarius" violins (commonly referred to as "Strads"). Violin makers of 17th-18th Century Cremona, Italy like Stradivari, Amati, and Guarneri achieved a level of quality and perfection that has never been matched in the 400 years since then. (Supposedly. I'm personally skeptical of that.) At any rate, that's the reputation that their instruments hold to this day. They regularly fetch millions of dollars at auction and just about any violin soloist of any repute today plays on one of these 400+ year old instruments.

Mingo Wayama

Movie suggestions: The Joy Luck Club, Memoirs of a Geisha, Cinderella Man (more amazing than Rocky, but a true story), North by Northwest, Vertigo, 12 Angry Men (1957 version).

Aimee

I loved this. I watched this movie when it came out and my family loved it. I haven’t watched this in probably 15 years so this was a nice treat. I remember being so shocked at the twist about the blood, so when you said straight off “That’s just paint, right?” I actually laughed. I never even guessed on my first viewing, but I was only 17 at the time.

Richard Maurer

Any chance of the MCU in the near future?

Brian Harris

The Red Violin is not a true story, but here is an article on the real-life violin that inspired it. It’s called the Red Mendelssohn. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/theater/article/Embracing-the-mystery-of-the-Red-Strad-5278443.php

Cassie Tremblay
>>63065162

Thank you for posting that, sooo interesting. I can’t believe these instruments can hold up over hundreds of years and that people pay millions for them!!

My_Cousin_Mose

Le Violin Rouge?! I doubt there are many reactions to this one. Not exactly action packed but a good movie. I particularly like the stories of Kaspar and Xiang. I won't go into all the details but Xian's story is all about communist China. All that we saw was pretty factual- in regards to their society. The teacher she saved and Xian herself after her son tattled on her were both about to be sent away to "re-education camps".

Will Zamora

Just watched The Red Violin again for maybe the 10th time since it’s release more than 20 years ago. Enjoyed it even more watching it with your perspective. Thank you .